If you are reading this, chances are the Sensex and the Nifty are part of your daily life, and actions on Dalal Street can make or mar your day.

If you are reading this, chances are the Sensex and the Nifty are part of your daily life, and actions on Dalal Street can make or mar your day.

If you are reading this, chances are the Sensex and the Nifty are part of your daily life, and actions on Dalal Street can make or mar your day. That's probably the reason why you are on this page, where we try to capture every action — big or small — from the listed universe of India Inc; be it largecap, midcap or smallcap. Plus, we keep you up-to-date on anything that may move your market.(LIVE tweets@ETMarkets)

@3.17 PM: The post-Budget rally has driven benchmark indices to a new bull market. Sensex has surged over 20% from its 52-week low of 6,825.20 it hit on Budget Day. ETMarkets.com explores the macroeconomic factors that are giving solid legs to the latest bull market on Dalal Street. Read here

@2.46 PM: Sugar stocks surge after the country's biggest sugar-producing state, Maharashtra, imposed limits on the quantity of sugar that traders can keep as the authorities try to arrest rising prices of the sweetener. The state issued late an order last week that prohibits traders from holding more than 500 tonnes of sugar. The government asked states last month to impose the limit to avoid hoarding. Live chart here

@1.03 PM: Global brokerage firms such as CLSA, UBS, and Credit Suisse in separate notes to their clients have reaffirmed their faith in India's largest public sector bank, SBI by upgrading its 12-month target price post-March quarter results despite muted performance. Read more

@12.45 PM: ETMarkets.com has collated the following list of eight trading strategies for the next 5-10 trading sessions. Click here to read

@12.24 PM: The 8,000 level on Nifty50, which was acting as a ceiling for the market a week back, has now become a crucial support, options data showed. The maximum Put open interest of 38.77 lakh contracts exist at strike price 8,000, which will act as a strong support for the market, followed by strike price 7,900, which has accumulated total open interest of 37.90 lakh contracts. Read more

@12.09 PM: Shares of auto-component maker Subros plunged over 16 per cent in trade after its factory in Manesar was damaged by fire on Sunday afternoon. The company is known to supply auto components to Maruti Suzuki. The stock has slumped 20 per cent in the year so far. Live chart here

@11.46 AM: State Bank of India falls 0.5 per cent after hitting 4.5-month high. On Friday, India's largest lender reported worse-than-expected earnings but said fewer than feared of its loans risked turning sour. JM Financial says there is potential for lesser slippages over the new fiscal year started in April is turning around investor sentiment. The brokerage has "buy" rating on stock with a TP of Rs 300. Stock gained 16.3 per cent over the previous four sessions. Live chart here

@11.29 AM: Shares of Bombay Dyeing surged over 4 per cent in trade after the company despite company reporting a 37.3 per cent decline in standalone net profit for the quarter ending March 31, 2016. The company reported net profit of Rs 111 crore as against Rs 178.55 crore in the same quarter last fiscal year. The stock has fallen 28.5 per cent in the year so far. Live chart here

@11.13 AM: Jubilant FoodWorks slipped as much as 5.4 per cent in morning trade after the food services major reported a 6.56 per cent decline in its standalone net profit at Rs 29.46 crore for the quarter ended March 31 on the account of higher expenses. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 31.53 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Live chart here

@10.49 AM: Shares of Coal India, country’s largest coal miner, surged in trade after the company said it will hike coal prices by 6 per cent effective from Monday. The move is in order to rake in additional revenues of Rs 3,234 crore. Reacting to the development, the scrip gained 5.20 per cent to hit a high of Rs 296 on the BSE. The stock has slipped 12 per cent in the year so far. Live chart here

@10.33 AM: Shares of Dynamatic Technologies surged over 14 per cent in trade on Monday after the company swung to profits in the quarter ending March 31, 2016. Dynamatic Tech reported net profit for the period of Rs 11.48 crore as against net loss of Rs 3.15 crore in the same quarter last fiscal year. The stock has climbed 3.92 per cent in the year so far. Live chart here

@10.12 AM: Hindalco Industries surged as much as 10.1 per cent in morning trade after the aluminum maker on Saturday reported a standalone net profit of Rs 356.33 crore for the quarter ended March 31. This was 123.36 per cent higher than a net profit of Rs 159.53 crore the company reported in the corresponding quarter of last year. Live chart here

@9.00 AM: Market Outlook: Domestic equity indices are likely to see a positive opening today after Fed Chair Janet Yellen last week said it would be appropriate for the US central bank to gradually and cautiously increase overnight interest rates, and that such a move would probably be appropriate in the coming months.